Future of Kyle Busch Motorsports uncertain: What does the future hold for Kyle Busch Motorsports? At 28, Busch is doing his best to give back to the sport. He currently fields trucks in the Camping World Series for 23-year-old up-and-comer Joey Coulter, and for Drive for Diversity standout Darrell Wallace Jr., 20. Parker Kligerman, 23, drives the #77 Toyota on the Nationwide tour. But with just four months to prepare before 2014 Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway, a lack of sponsorship could force Kyle Busch Motorsports to downsize again. In the last week, KBM was forced to release an additional 10 employees. And it pains Busch to have to make those calls. You never want to see that happen. Certainly, its tough. We hate having to go through what we did. This was our most prosperous year of being in the business. We had four teams. We had 82 employees or something like that. It was great to have that feeling to be able to take care of that many families, but you have to make sure you dont go broke doing it. While Busch would love to keep going, particularly with the promise of his young stable, hes still waiting on the yes from sponsors before he can settle on a lineup for 2014. A lot of that comes from the unknown with whats going on in the world of sponsorship, Busch said. For the truck series, its very tough. For Kyle Busch Motorsports, its been very tough. You know obviously without the support of Toyota that we get, we probably wouldnt be here, so we appreciate them as much as they do for us, as much as they do for JGR, MWR (Michael Waltrip Racing) and all the Toyota teams. Its a little frustrating to not have a better plan organized right now, and Id certainly like to keep it the same if not better than what weve got, but it doesnt look like much is materializing and its really late in the game. [For] ... trucks especially, its year to year, whether it is even year to year if you can keep yourself afloat.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 12:36:25 +0000
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